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STEDT #4170

*tam

ABUNDANT / MANY / PLENTY
Proto-Kuki-Chin · provisional

Reflexes & cognates10 reflexes · 4 subgroups

1.2Kuki-Chin1

1.2.1.1Northern Chin6

Paitetam pi ‘abundant, ample’VanBik 09 PKC: 170
Sizangtam hī ‘abound’VanBik 09 PKC: 170
Thadotâm-I, tàm-II ‘many, abundant’VanBik 09 PKC: 170
Tiddimtam¹ ‘plenty’VanBik 09 PKC: 170
Tiddimtam¹ vi‘plenty’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 1676
Tiddimtam¹ ‘plenty’Bhaskararao 94 TCV

1.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin1

Khumitaang ‘many, much’VanBik 09 PKC: 170

1.2.2Central Chin3

Lai (Hakha)tàm-I, tǎm-II ‘abundant, many, plenty’VanBik 09 PKC: 170
Lai (Falam)tám-INV be v.‘abundant, be plenty’VanBik 09 PKC: 170
Lushai [Mizo]tǎm ‘abundant, many, much, plentiful, numerous’VanBik 09 PKC: 170

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #4170, *tam ‘ABUNDANT / MANY / PLENTY’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/4170
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: PKC #170
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-4170,
  title  = {{*tam 'ABUNDANT / MANY / PLENTY'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #4170},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/4170}
}